Jane Austen Guide to Life Thoughtful Lessons For The Modern Woman [Hardcover]

Jane Austen has been my life coach since I first discovered Pride and Prejudice thirty years ago. After reading Lori Smith's lovely The Jane Austen Guide to Life, I now understand why. Part Austen biography, how-to-guide, and all heart, this engaging book will sensibly explain the mysteries of relationships, life, and love that Jane Austen so excelled in on the page and in her own life. Laurel Ann Nattress, editor, Jane Austen Made Me Do It and Austenprose.com Highly engaging. . . . Lori consults Jane Austen's novels and letters and allows the author's sparkling wit, straight moral compass, and wise words to guide us in the 21st century. At times I could almost hear Jane speaking directly to me. Vic Sanborn, Jane Austen's World blog Praise for Lori Smith's A Walk with Jane Austen A lovely, intimate read. Karen Joy Fowler, best-selling author of The Jane Austen Book Club Lyrical and questioning...perfectly pitched. Emma Campbell Webster, actress, author of Lost in Austen, and founder of lostinaustenblogspot.com With wit, charm, and rare honestyof which I have to believe Jane Austen would have thoroughly approvedLori Smith weaves her personal life experiences throughout her journey into the life that was Jane's. Infused with faith, romance, loss, and a search for self, A Walk with Jane Austen makes for that rare book that keeps popping into one's thoughts and beckoning one back. Tamara Leigh, author of Perfecting Kate and Splitting HarrietThe Jane Austen Guide to Life playfully and poignantly examines Austen's life and novels for the timeless advice that still applies for today's women. Austen may not understand texting or tweeting or platform heels, but as an astute student of human nature, she can surely teach us an awful lot about ourselves--and we might just be surprised by what she has to say.Jane Austen has become our patron saint of romance, our goddess of happy endings. Her name is synonymous with romantic sighs, period costumes, and the ideal of whl#­